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Updated: 10:16 PM CST Jan 4, 2019

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WEBVTT MICHELLE: GENA BARROWS CALLS HERSELF A CRANIAL MO >> THEY WERE BORN WITH A BIRTH DEFECT. MICHELLE: TWO OF HER FOUR CHILDREN HAVE UNDERGONE SKULL SURGERIES AT CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL WITH DOCTORS JASON MILLER AND MARK PUCCIONI. >> THEY ARE TRULY THE DREAM TEAM HERE IN OMAHA TO BE DOING THESE SURGERIE MICHELLE: BOTH CARSON, NOW EIGHT, AND GREYSON, WHO’S FOUR, HAD FULL CRANIAL VAULT RECONSTRUCTION SURGERIES WHEN THEY WERE BABIES THEY TOOK THIS PICTURE DURING A FOLLOW-UP APPOINTMENT FRIDAY WITH DR. MILLE >> NOW HAVING GONE THROUGH THREE SKULL SURGERIES, I WILL STILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THEM WHEREVER THEY GO. MICHELLE: BUT, BARROWS SAYS SHE HAD TO FIND HER SONS’ DOCTORS ON HER OWN, FRUSTRATED CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL NEVER CONTACTED H ABOUT THEIR RESIGNATIONS LAST NOVEMBER. SHE SAYS SHE FOUND OUT FROM A CRANIAL MOM’S FACEBOOK PAGE. I DON’T FEEL THAT IT SHOULD BE SO HUSH HUSH, AND WE DESERVE TO KNOW WHAT’S GOING ON. >> THEY PUT THEIR CAREERS AND REPUTATIONS ON THE LINE TO STAND UP FOR THE WELL-BEING OF OUR CHILDREN, AND I APPLAUD THEM FOR THAT. MICHELLE: HOLLY TAYLOR’S SON IS ALSO A PATIENT OF THE NEUROSURGEONS. SHE FOUND OUT THEY NO LONGER WORKED AT CHILDREN’S WHEN T HOSPITAL RE-SCHEDULED HER WITH DOCTOR ADAM CONLEY, THE DOCTOR NAMED IN THE LAWSUIT. >> THEY’RE LIKE, THEY’RE NO LONGER WITH US AND WE HAVE YOU WITH DR. CONLEY. WE’LL SEE YOU THEN. UH, UH, NO I DON’T KNOW WHO THAT PERSON IS. I WANT TO KNOW WHERE MY SON’S DOCTORS ARE AT MICHELLE: BOTH MOTHERS HOPE THIS UPHEAVAL WON’T AFFECT ALL THE LITTLE PATIENTS UNDER CARE AT THE HOSPITAL. >> ULTIMATELY, IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS AND HOW THEY’RE CARED FOR, AND RIGHT NOW, I FEEL CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL IS NOT DOING THE BEST THEY CAN DO. MICHEL

Families who have sought care at Children's Hospital are speaking out about the resignations of the neurosurgeons and the lawsuit they've filed."I just felt blind-sided. It completely caught me off guard," Gena Barrows said.Two of Barrows' four children have undergone skull surgeries. Her sons Carson, 8, and Greyson, 4, had full cranial vault reconstruction surgeries when they were infants. Carson had a second operation at age 5."They had birth defects that gave them pointed heads," Barrows said.Barrows said her pediatrician recommended Dr. Jason Miller and Dr. Mark Puccioni for the surgeries. She said she won't go to anyone else."Now having gone through three skull surgeries, I will still continue to follow them wherever they go," Barrows said.She said she found out about their resignations through a Facebook page for "cranial moms." She said she's frustrated she hasn't heard from Children's Hospital."I don't believe it should be so hush-hush and we deserve to know what's going on," Barrows said.Holly Taylor's son is also a patient of the neurosurgeons."They put their careers and reputations on the line to stand up for the well-being of our children and I applaud them for that," Taylor said.Her son also had skull surgery when he was an infant. Taylor said she found out her son's surgeons no longer worked at the hospital when she checked on an upcoming appointment. She said they scheduled her son with Dr. Adam Conley, the doctor named in the lawsuit. "They're like, "They're no longer with us and we have you with Dr. Conley. We'll see you then,' Ah, ah, no. I don't know who that person is. I want to know where my son's doctors are at," Taylor recalled.Both mothers hope this upheaval won't affect the little patients who seek care at Children's Hospital."Ultimately, it's about the kids and how they're cared for and right now I feel Children's Hospital is not doing the best they can do," Barrows said.

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Families who have sought care at Children's Hospital are speaking out about the resignations of the neurosurgeons and the lawsuit they've filed.

Two of Barrows' four children have undergone skull surgeries. Her sons Carson, 8, and Greyson, 4, had full cranial vault reconstruction surgeries when they were infants. Carson had a second operation at age 5.

"They had birth defects that gave them pointed heads," Barrows said.

Greyson and Carson Barrows with Dr. Jason Miller.

Barrows said her pediatrician recommended Dr. Jason Miller and Dr. Mark Puccioni for the surgeries. She said she won't go to anyone else.

Carson Barrows after skull surgery.

"Now having gone through three skull surgeries, I will still continue to follow them wherever they go," Barrows said.

Greyson Barrows after skull surgery.

She said she found out about their resignations through a Facebook page for "cranial moms." She said she's frustrated she hasn't heard from Children's Hospital.

"I don't believe it should be so hush-hush and we deserve to know what's going on," Barrows said.

Holly Taylor's son is also a patient of the neurosurgeons.

Eisley Taylor with Dr. Jason Miller

"They put their careers and reputations on the line to stand up for the well-being of our children and I applaud them for that," Taylor said.

Her son also had skull surgery when he was an infant. Taylor said she found out her son's surgeons no longer worked at the hospital when she checked on an upcoming appointment. She said they scheduled her son with Dr. Adam Conley, the doctor named in the lawsuit.

"They're like, "They're no longer with us and we have you with Dr. Conley. We'll see you then,' Ah, ah, no. I don't know who that person is. I want to know where my son's doctors are at," Taylor recalled.

Both mothers hope this upheaval won't affect the little patients who seek care at Children's Hospital.

"Ultimately, it's about the kids and how they're cared for and right now I feel Children's Hospital is not doing the best they can do," Barrows said.